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When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between the works and lives of some of the city's most compelling artists, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed.

An intimate memoir portraying a life spent trying to describe the indescribable—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of The Hours and Day. Go ahead. Try using language to slit the skin of mortality to see what’s on the other side. At the age of three, Michael Cunningham began obsessively...

A story-driven meditation on one of the oldest art forms and what it reveals about memory, creativity, and being human Why have we always made sculpture? What draws us to carve, cast, and mold forms from the materials around us? What do these objects say about the artists who create them and the...

“A compelling biography of one of our nation’s greatest journalists. Outstanding.” ―Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University “Well-reported and -researched.”―Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk A...

“We acquire the strength we have overcome.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson This is for the seekers, for those of you feeling the call to reach higher; to grow into the greatest version of yourself. It will take some courage to get there; to move through some uncomfortable truths and to shine a light on what is no longer serving you. It will require some faith; we are more than just our bodies and our minds. There is a God-force ready to assist you, if we are brave enough to take on the challenge.

There's more to Banksy than the painting on the wall: the first in-depth investigation into the mysteries of the world's most famous living artist. Banksy is the world's most famous living artist, yet no one knows who he is. For more than twenty years, his wryly political and darkly humorous spray paintings have appeared mysteriously on urban walls around the globe, generating headlines and controversy.

Kære Lise er en varm og vedkommende hyldest til hele Danmarks Matador-mor Lise Nørgaard i forbindelse med hendes 80-års jubilæum i 1997. Festskriftet er et både nærgående og venskabeligt portræt skrevet til og om Lise Nørgaard, forfatteren og journalisten, som efterhånden er blevet et nationalt klenodie. Helle Virkner, Malene Schwartz, Karen Thisted og Lone Kühlmann er blandt de nære venner og bekendtskaber, som beretter om fælles minder og oplevelser. Med hver deres unikke vinkel og relation til hovedpersonen portrætterer de moderen, veninden, hunde-elskeren og ord-mennesket Lise Nørgaard.

A new reissue of Philip Hoare's singular biography of Stephen Tennant. ‘Witty and amazing … both scholarly and hilarious at the same time’ John Waters, New York Times Philip Hoare’s fascinating profile of Britain’s most legendary and flamboyant aristocratic aesthete. With unparalleled...

This is an audiobook for those who strive to build careers without losing themselves, for those who want to excel professionally while cherishing relationships, nurturing passions, and living fully. CA Sanjivv Shiv Kapoor’s journey proves that you don’t have to choose between ambition and balance—you can have both.

Everyone knows the bike. No one knows the man. The stars-and-stripes chopper from Easy Rider became the most recognizable motorcycle in history, thundering across movie screens and into the hearts of a generation. But while Captain America's bike achieved immortality, its creator remained anonymous—a humble craftsman whose genius was overshadowed by his own masterpiece. Ben Hardy was the forgotten architect of the American dream on two wheels. Working from his small Los Angeles shop, Hardy didn't just build motorcycles—he forged symbols of freedom that would define an entire era.

The story of Christopher Isherwood's life is one of pilgrimage: away from the constraints of inheritance and empire and toward authenticity and spiritual illumination. Isherwood—the author of Goodbye to Berlin, which inspired Cabaret, and A Single Man—was born the heir to a crumbling English estate. He died an icon of gay liberation in California while his partner, Don Bachardy, painted his death portrait.

One spring day in 1683, a notary's clerk in Delft entered the home of the late Magdalena Pieters van Ruijven and stumbled upon one of the wonders of the seventeenth-century world: twenty paintings by Johannes Vermeer. Rather than dispel the mysteries of Vermeer's life, this discovery merely gave...

The richly illustrated story of a woman who, late in life, copes with the buried trauma of her childhood as a Holocaust survivor by becoming a master needlework artist like her mother, who saved both their lives in the camps with her seamstress skills.

Jan a dix-neuf ans lorsqu'à l'automne 1976, il fuit la maison paternelle en Allemagne et cherche refuge en Belgique. Il entame des études de philologie à l'Université de Bruxelles tout en s'adonnant à sa passion pour la musique. En 1987, la rencontre avec la chanteuse transexuelle Lydie va tout bouleverser : elle lui fait comprendre que les bonnes décisions ne dépendent pas de l'opinion d'autrui. Grâce à cette amitié, Jan se sent enfin libre d'aimer qui il veut.

‘Entertaining, compelling, revelatory – this is the must-read biography of the year' GYLES BRANDRETH 'A masterpiece. Devon Cox's stunning biography reads like a thriller. His writing and research are without equal' JOANNA LUMLEY The first major biography of Florence-born American artist John...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Turner by Franny Moyle, read by John Sackville. The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain's most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond...

Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Gone by Min Kym, read by Rebecca Yeo. 'The hours fell away as I read this spellbinding tale of love, loss, and above all devotion to art. You probably don't know what it feels like to be a child prodigy or a world class...

Salvador Dalí, (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989), was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work. Dali also wrote a novel, Hidden Faces (1944), poetry, essays, art criticism, and a technical manual on art. The following recording is from a 1955 interview.

Gustav Mahler, star conductor and legendary composer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Brought to you by Penguin. Dame Zandra Rhodes has spent her life rallying against what was expected of her, both as a designer and a woman. Often perceived as too bold for the mainstream, she fought for creativity and individuality, and continues to achieve both in everything she does. In this...